PHYSICS
Department-sponsored services
Area of Service
Served
Departmental research laboratories
10
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Presentation on Signal Analysis
7/21/2009
Total
organized
15
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Tak
Cheung
Newspaper/Magazine
Article
Reference
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Guo
Grants awarded (title,
awarding agency,
amount and period of
award)
Pedagogical Research Challenge Award at Queensborough
Community: "The Role of Reflective Self-corrections on Student
Learning of Conceptual Physics," with Vazgen Shekoyan, $13,500,
Jan 2010 - June 2011.
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Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Served on the 50th Anniversary STEM Academy celebration
committee Led PH 411 course assessment.
Todd
Holden
Newspaper/Magazine
Article
Holden, Todd; Cheung, Eric; Tremberger Jr.,George;
Lieberman,David and Cheung, Tak. “Assess DNA functionality in
harsh environments,” 30 September 2009, SPIE Newsroom.
Todd
Holden
Journal Article, peerreviewed
Malikova, L.; Holden, Todd; Perez-Paz, M. Noemi; Muñoz, M. and
Tamargo, M. C. "Microscopic surface photovoltage spectroscopy
of the CdSe/ZnCdMgSe quantum dots structures," Appl. Phys.
Lett. 94, 102109 (2009).
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Reference
Becker, M.A.; Chamberlain,Jr., J.A.; Lundberg, J.G.; L’Amoreaux,
W.J.; Chamberlain, R.B. and Holden, Todd. “Beryciform-like fish
fossils (Teleostei: Acanthomorpha: Euacanthopterygii) from the
late Cretaceous – early Tertiary of New Jersey”, Proc. Acad. Nat.
Sci. Phila. 158, 159-181 (2009).
Todd
Holden
Conference
Presentation published as
proceedings
Holden, T.; Tremberger, Jr., G.; Cheung, E.; Subramaniam, R.;
Sullivan, R.; Schneider, P.; Flamholz, A.; Lieberman, D. and
Cheung, T. “Fractal Analysis of Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease Frontal
Horn Brain Magnetic Resonance Image,” Bioinformatics &
Biomedical Engineering (ICBBE) 2009, The 3rd International
Conference. pg. 1-3 (2009).
G. Tremberger, Jr, Cheung, E.; Gadura, N.; Holden, T.;
Subramaniam,R.; Sullivan,R.; Schneider, P.; Flamholz, A.;
Lieberman, D. and Cheung, T. “Multi-fractal property of
perchlorate reductase gene sequences and DNA photonics
application to UV fluorescence detection on Mars-like surfaces,”
Proc. SPIE 7441 (2009).
Holden,T.;Tremberger, Jr, G; Cheung,E; Gadura, N.;
Subramaniam, R; Sullivan, R; Schneider, P.; Flamholz, A.;
Lieberman, D. and Cheung, T. “Nucleotide Fluctuation of
Radiation-Resistant Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 Single-Stranded
DNA-Binding Protein (RPA) Genes,” Proc. SPIE 7441 (2009).
Holden, Todd, G. Tremberger, Jr, E. Cheung, N. Gadura, R.
Subramaniam, R. Sullivan, P. Schneider, A. Flamholz, D.
Lieberman, and T. Cheung, “Deep water chlorophyll concentration
global time series fluctuation”, Proc. SPIE 7459 (2009).
David
Lieberman
Conference
Presentation published as
proceedings
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Tremberger. G, Bluestone, C., Cheung, T. D., Lieberman, D. &
Marchese, P.J. (2009). A Laser Academy for High School Science
Teachers. Proceedings of Northeast American Society of
Engineering Education (NE ASEE) conference, Bridgeport, CT,
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Marchese
Conference
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proceedings
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Marchese, P.J. (2009). A Laser Academy for High School Science
Teachers. Proceedings of Northeast American Society of
Engineering Education (NE ASEE) conference, Bridgeport, CT,
April 2009.
DINAH
MOCHE
Book, Authored
Moche, Dinah. Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide. Hoboken, NJ:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2009.
George
Tremberger
Conference
Presentation published as
proceedings
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Marchese, P.J. (2009). A Laser Academy for High School Science
Teachers. Proceedings of Northeast American Society of
Engineering Education (NE ASEE) conference, Bridgeport, CT,
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Curricular Changes - Course
Program Change
Course Number
Course Title
Semester
Comments
PH-450
Introduction to Physics
Research
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Research Projects
Research
Projects
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Changes
Added two new faculty members - one filling the line for a specialist in physics education research.
Deaprtmetn was approved for an additional line - currently filled by substitute
Equipment changes
Equipment Changes
Purpose
Semester Evaluation
high powered laser
perkins grant - improve technology
education
Spring 2010 Mimimal effect as yet - only in
use for part of a semester.
Resource changes
Other Resources Purpose
Semester Resource Evaluation
QCC Pedigogical
grant
Compare different methods of
instruction in PH101
Spring 2010 analysis of results not yet completed
Perkins grant
Improve technology education Fall 2009
not enough data as yet - see equipment section
Other changes affecting department
Departmental procedures for conducting assessment
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Departmental participation in self-study/program review
Program(s): Reviewed
Program Review Follow-up
Action Item
Timeline
Accomplishements
LS1 - increased communication
Fall 2006
Accomplished in 2006
LS1 - learning community for MA441 and
PH411
Fall 2006
Not accomplished due to there being only
one section of PH411 every semester until
the spring 2010 semester.
PE1 - change pre-requisites for PH-411, PH
-412, PH-413
no action taken as yet. Department has not
agreed to make the changes as there is
concern about increasing the time it will take
students to graduate.
Course Objectives and Course Assessment
Results of certification exams, employer and alumni surveys, student surveys, advisory board
recommendations
Data Source
Results
Action Plan
Goals/objectives for year just completed
Goals
Strategic
Plan
Evaluation of achievement
Action Plan
did not achieve
College invested resources in
advertising the S-STEM scholarship
program and it did not bear fruit.
The departmetn will intensify high
school visits by individual faculty
members and use contacts to help
target potential students.
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Increase enrollment in LFOET
program
Goals/objectives for coming year
Upcoming Goals
Related Strategic Plan
Objective
Planned Method of Evaluation
Increase enrollment in LFOET
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enrollment numbers
Increase the number of WI classes increase the number of WI classes
available
count number of WI sections